New Bourbon Releases News For August 1, 2026

20 New Bourbon and other American Whiskeys To Try!

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Contents

Woodinville — Garrison Brothers — Bardstown Bourbon Company — Old Forester — Bulleit — Bib & Tucker — Old Overholt — Old Elk — Ten Day — Stillman’s Sonder — Larrikin — Old Pogue — Stranahan’s — Root Shoot — New Riff

New Bourbon Releases News For August 1, 2026

But First, Here’s what’s new on BourbonObsessed.com!

• Dragon Con Bourbon 2026 Review Dragon Con Bourbon 2026 celebrates the convention’s 40th anniversary with a limited release produced by Atlanta’s Old Fourth Distillery. Only 3,700 bottles are available. Read my review to learn all about it!
• Copper & Cask Wave That Flag Double Oak Bourbon Review Copper & Cask Wave That Flag Double Oak Bourbon takes a nine-year 21% rye bourbon and gives it a secondary finish in ZAK Cooperage Wave Stave Char #1 barrels with four toast levels. Limited to 3,000 bottles, the release also supports Arcadia Center, a veteran farmer training program. Read my review!
• Building Southern Distilling: Pete Barger on Engineering, Innovation, and the Future of American Whiskey We visited Southern Distilling Co. in Statesville, North Carolina, where co-founder Pete Barger discussed the business decisions, engineering mindset, and long-term vision that have shaped the distillery from the very beginning. Read the full article or listen to the podcast.
• Blue Note Wheated Bourbon Review by Craig & Cynthia Blue Note Wheated Bourbon is an unfiltered, limited-release whiskey bottled at 101 proof. Released in April 2026, does the brand’s new Wheated Bourbon match the high quality of their previous offerings? Read Craig and Cynthia’s review to find out!
• Yellowstone 2026 Limited Edition Bourbon Review Yellowstone Limited Edition returns for its 11th annual release with a blend of 7- and 14-year-old Kentucky straight bourbons finished in ruby and tawny port casks. Bottled at 101 proof and priced at $99, this release takes inspiration from the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. Read my review to find out how the two port cask finishes worked!

New Bourbon Releases News For August 1, 2026

New Bourbon Releases

Woodinville Single Barrel Cask Strength 7-Year Bourbon and 100% Rye

Woodinville Whiskey is rolling out its Single Barrel Bourbon Aged 7 Years and Single Barrel 100% Rye Aged 7 Years nationally for the first time. Both are distilled at the Woodinville distillery using grain grown for the company by the Omlin Family Farm in Quincy, Washington, then barreled and aged in private barrel houses in Central Washington. The bourbon has a mash bill of 72% corn, 22% rye and 6% malted barley, while the rye is made from 100% rye. Each selected barrel is at least seven years old and bottled at cask strength, so proof varies by barrel. Both whiskeys have an SRP of $69.99 each, with an average single barrel producing approximately 180 bottles. Beginning in August, they will be available nationally at retailers, online and at Woodinville’s tasting rooms in Woodinville and Quincy, Washington. For further details, read the full press release and read my Woodinville Single Barrel Cask Strength 7 Year 100% Rye Review.

Garrison Brothers Announces Hye Rye Pre-Sale

Garrison Brothers has announced its first pre-sale opportunity for Hye Rye Bourbon Whiskey, one of the distillery’s most coveted and hardest-to-find releases. Hye Rye first debuted on December 5, 2020, in recognition of the 87th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition in America and in celebration of founder Dan Garrison’s birthday. That first release was available only at the distillery and yielded 1,000 bottles, each priced at $99.99.

The pre-sale will run July 27-August 10 on the distillery’s e-commerce website, with customers able to purchase up to four bottles at $99.99 each. Bottles must be picked up in person at Garrison Brothers Distillery in Hye, Texas, in October 2028. Pickup parties and events will be planned and announced as the release date approaches. Read the press release for all of the details!

Bardstown Bourbon Company Announces Victoria Pineapple Barrel Finish

Victoria Pineapple Barrel Finish from Bardstown Bourbon Company begins with a custom blend of Indiana distilled 10- and 11-year-old bourbons and 11-year-old rye married and matured in Caribbean-sourced pineapple rum casks. Letting the custom whiskey blend mature for 27 months, fresh pineapple was added to the barrels, mirroring the process of the original rum’s creation to reveal the tropical notes already developing in the whiskey. Finally, toasted oak staves were added at the end to round out and balance the sweetness. Available in extremely limited quantities of fewer than 350 9L cases, Victoria Pineapple Barrel Finish Whiskey will be available exclusively in Kentucky – including the Bardstown Bourbon Co. distillery and Louisville Tasting Room – beginning July 24, 2026 for a suggested retail price of $139.99. It is bottled at 106 proof. For more information, read the press release.

Old Forester 117 Series Triple Char Opens a New Chapter on Main Street

Old Forester unveils Triple Char, the newest expression in The 117 Series and the first release crafted entirely from whiskey distilled at Old Forester Distillery on Louisville’s historic Main Street. Triple Char is matured in barrels that are charred three times longer than Old Forester’s standard specification. It is then bottled at 115 proof. The limited release is available at the Old Forester Distillery and select Kentucky retailers for a suggested retail price of $64.99 per 375 mL bottle. For more information, read the press release.

Bulleit ’87 Whiskey Blends Bourbon and Rye

Bulleit ’87 is the brand’s first new core expression since the debut of Bulleit 95 Rye in 2011. This whiskey was designed to be sipped neat to showcase the unique flavor characteristics, and marries bourbon and rye whiskeys in one balanced blend. Complementing Bulleit Bourbon and Bulleit 95 Rye in Bulleit’s three-bottle core line-up, Bulleit ’87 brings together the distinctive qualities of both spirits in one new bottle.

Bulleit ’87 is bottled at 90 proof and 45% ABV, with each whiskey component developed specifically for its role in the blend. The bourbon is distilled, barreled, and aged in Shelbyville, Kentucky. The rye is distilled and aged in Indiana before heading to Shelbyville. Both the bourbon and rye are aged for a minimum of four years, finished separately in their original barrels with toasted American oak and French oak staves for four to six weeks, then blended together and bottled in Shelbyville. The suggested retail price for Bulleit ’87 is $29.99 for a 750mL bottle, in line with Bulleit Bourbon and Bulleit 95 Rye, and it will be available at select retail stores nationwide beginning September 2026. Read the full press release here.

Bib & Tucker 8-Year-Old Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon Arrives September 2026

Bib & Tucker will release Bib & Tucker 8-Year-Old Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon nationally beginning September 2026, a 100-proof expression aged twice the four-year minimum the bottled-in-bond designation requires. It was distilled at Tennessee Distilling Group in Columbia, Tennessee (DSP-TN-21029), and aged for eight years. Apprentice Blender James Joseph stewarded the 8-Year-Old Bottled-in-Bond under Master Blender Alan Kennedy in his first release for the brand. Joseph chose and blended whiskeys from mature barrels distilled during the spring 2018 season, selecting casks that produced balance and character. The Tennessee high-rye bourbon is charcoal-mellowed through the Lincoln County Process and bottled with minimal non-chill filtration. It will be available year-round nationally at a suggested retail price of $64.99 for a 750mL bottle. Read the press release here.

Old Overholt Extra Aged Cask Strength 11YR Rye – 2026 Edition

Old Overholt Extra Aged Cask Strength 11YR Rye – 2026 Edition is the fourth annual release in the series. The 11-year, unfiltered, cask-strength American rye was distilled and barreled in spring 2014 and laid down in three distinct warehouses in Clermont, Kentucky. Released once a year in small quantities, this year’s release is bottled at 125.6 proof with an SRP of $109.99 for a 750mL bottle. The first three editions were a 10-year at 121 proof in 2023, an 11-year at 107.4 proof in 2024 and a 12-year at 117 proof in 2025. Read the full press release.

Editor’s Note: I really thought this would be a 13-year rye, but it looks like we are going back to 11-year.

Old Elk 10-Year-Old Collection

Old Elk Distillery has launched 10-Year-Old Straight Bourbon, 10-Year-Old Straight Wheat Whiskey and 10-Year-Old Wheated Bourbon. This marks the first major new releases for Old Elk since Middle West Spirits’ acquisition of Old Elk Distillery in May 2025. The Straight Bourbon has a mashbill of 51% corn, 34% malted barley and 15% rye and is 105 proof. The Straight Wheat Whiskey has a mashbill of 96% wheat and 4% malted barley and is 103 proof. The Wheated Bourbon has a mashbill of 51% corn, 46% wheat and 3% malted barley and is 105 proof. All three are available nationwide at an SRP of $69.99 each. www.oldelk.com/

Ten Day Bourbon Prohibition Blend

Ten Day Bourbon Prohibition Blend is the first blend of Kentucky bourbons from Ten Day Bourbon. The limited release is a four-grain blend of 6- and 8-year-old Kentucky high-rye and wheated straight bourbons bottled at 107 proof (53.5% ABV). It is available now at Justin’s House of Bourbon, with select Liquor Barn locations and online availability coming soon. Suggested retail price is $79.99. Read my full review!

Stillman’s Sonder 10-Year Bourbon and American Single Malt

Dancing Goat Distillery has introduced Stillman’s Sonder 10-Year Straight Bourbon Whiskey and 10-Year American Single Malt Whiskey, two 10-plus-year whiskeys created from orphaned experimental stocks distilled at MGP in Indiana between 2010 and 2016 and subsequently acquired and curated by the Maas family. The bourbon was aged in Andean and American oak, with double-oaked components and oxidation encouraged through short fills and vatting, and is bottled at 94 proof. The American single malt was distilled in Indiana and aged in Wisconsin before undergoing three rounds of blending, re-barreling and finishing in virgin oak, ex-bourbon, Wisconsin brandy, Cognac and Calvados casks. It is bottled at 96.4 proof. Both expressions are available online and from select retailers for an SRP of $70 per 750ml bottle. Read the full press release.

Larrikin Limited Release 9-Year Cask Strength Single Barrel Kentucky Rye

Larrikin Bourbon Co. has released its limited-edition 9-Year Cask Strength Single Barrel Kentucky Rye Whiskey. Distilled in Kentucky from a mash bill of 64% rye, 30% corn and 6% malted barley, the whiskey was matured for nine years, hand selected and bottled at cask strength. It earned a Platinum Medal at Fred Minnick’s 2026 ASCOT Awards before its release. The first bottles debuted July 30 at the distillery in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, for $120 per 750ml bottle, with limited allocations planned for distributors in select states and online shipping through the Larrikin website. larrikinbourbon.com/

Old Pogue Master’s Select 2026 Bourbon Release

The Old Pogue Distillery has opened the claim window for cases of the 2026 batch of Old Pogue “Master’s Select” Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky. The nine-year-old, non-chill-filtered small-batch bourbon has a mash bill of 70% corn, 20% rye and 10% malted barley and is bottled at 91 proof. The price is $600, including sales tax, for a case of six 750ml bottles, with a limit of two cases per customer. Cases will be allocated as submissions are received and must be picked up in Maysville, Kentucky, on an assigned date in October. Shipping is unavailable. A limited supply of Limestone Landing Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky will also be offered during the October release. Made from 75% corn, 15% rye and 10% malted barley, it is a non-chill-filtered small-batch selection of 12-year-old bourbons bottled at 110 proof and priced at $200 per 750ml bottle. The current case-claim form applies only to Old Pogue Master’s Select. Claim your cases here: www.oldpogue.com/case-fulfillment

Stranahan’s 11-Year-Old Bottled-in-Bond American Single Malt

Stranahan’s American Single Malt Whiskey: Bottled-in-Bond is the distillery’s first-ever Bottled-in-Bond expression and the oldest Colorado Bottled-in-Bond whiskey ever released. The 11-year-old whiskey was made from 100% malted barley, distilled during a single distillation season, aged in level 3 char barrels in a federally bonded warehouse and distilled, aged and bottled entirely in Denver. It is bottled at 100 proof. The limited release has an SRP of $159.99 and will be available August 1 at the Denver distillery. It will also be available at Stranahan’s Whiskey Lodge in Aspen, select retailers in Colorado, California, Texas and Florida and nationally online later this year. stranahans.com

Root Shoot Colorado Peach Brandy Cask Finished Whiskey

Root Shoot Spirits has released Colorado Peach Brandy Cask Finished Whiskey, a limited-edition American Single Malt Whiskey. It begins with four-year-old American Single Malt made entirely from Colorado-sown, grown and malted grain from Olander Farms, Root Shoot’s fifth-generation family farm. The whiskey was finished in peach brandy casks from Peach Street Distillers; the brandy was made using Colorado-grown Palisade peaches. Bottled at 98 proof, it has an SRP of $70. Only 480 bottles were produced. It is available at retailers throughout Colorado, with online availability coming soon. Source: BevNet.

New Riff Distilling Headliner 2026

New Riff Distilling has released Headliner 2026, the third edition of its annual charitable whiskey blend. It combines 50% 11-year-old bourbon made with malted rye, 25% 11-year-old rye and 25% 10-year-old Balboa rye. This is the first Headliner for which every component is at least 10 years old and New Riff’s first 50/50 bourbon and rye blend. It is bottled without chill filtration at 118.8 proof. Proceeds support Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cincinnati and Tri-State Trails. Headliner 2026 went on sale July 24 for $150 per bottle, with a limit of one bottle per person and distillery pickup required. Unfortunately, it is probably sold out, but may be available for sampling at the distillery. newriffdistilling.com/

New Bourbon Releases News For August 1, 2026

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